On the 22nd, the ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ DVD series (Part 1 and 2) were released in Japan and ranked 4th and 5th on the Oricon DVD Daily Charts.

The Japanese version of ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ was released in a format of 2 DVDs with Park Yoochun’s name in the title and seems to be experiencing hot popularity in the country with it ranking high on the charts so early on.

‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ began airing in August last year and ended in November and became a hot topic for being Park Yoochun’s debut drama. Park Yoochun was joined by Song Joong Ki, Yu Ah In and Park Min Young to create the ‘SSK Quartet’, who were loved by many viewers.

During a phone conversation with OSEN on the 27th, JYJ’s rep stated “Because of enteritis, Park Yuchun visited the hospital on the 25th and is resting at home since then. Because his condition isn’t sever, he wasn’t admitted and came back after receiving a day’s worth of treatment. He seems to have gotten enteritis because of reasons such as fatigue accumulation.”

He further added, “because MBC “Ripley” currently hasn’t started full-scale shooting, there isn’t a problem with the drama schedule.”

On the other hand, there is news that Park Yuchun, who is spending busy days with his world tour concert and drama preparation, has recently quickly risen as a blue chip in commercials.

Recently, Park Yuchun has been picked as Dong-suh food’s Ice Tea Tio model, transformed into female high school student’s forever love flower-boy student teacher, and is acting in his first-solo commercial shoot.

In the ad, Park Yuchun provokes womens’ hearts by clearly showing off a pure handsome teacher image. A rep stated, “Park Yuchun’s effect is so great that the ad directly led to sales and is surprising us. From my knowledge, a lot of advertisers currently have an eye on [him]. JYJ is probably the only celebrity that distinguishes itself in commercials despite not having appearances on television.

“We hoped all problems regarding JYJ will end with the end of the concert, and we hoped all cassies would fully support JYJ. In order to show our support for JYJ, we would not handle SM artists, and we will learn from this experience and will work hard to present another round of JYJ Taiwan concert next year. Thank you.”

When looking at nicknames that fans have made for their favorite stars, we can gauge the fans interest in them. For idols especially, being called by their nickname is much more common than being called by their real name and the stories that lead up to the birth of these nicknames are different for each star. Some nicknames are derived from the stars’ names while others come from the stars’ character or talent. We’ve put together the most intriguing nicknames that are filled with the love and mischief of fans.

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◆Emphasizing a talent or characteristic…
JYJ’s Kim Junsu(25) is called ‘Dolphin’ by his fans. The nickname was made based on a comparison between Kim Junsu’s vocal talent and that of the dolphin, with the mammal’s ability to produce sound waves too high in frequency for humans to hear. The nickname was created due to the singer’s vocal range that easily encompasses high notes. Recently, Kim Junsu was deemed the most vocally talented idol member in a survey and fans responded to this with the compliment, “Our dolphin boy Kim Junsu has done it again.”

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◆Coming from their looks… ‘It’s possible’
JYJ’s Park Yoochun(25) was the target of many fans’ complaints when he decided to grow his hair out to a length that made it seem somewhat shaggy and bushy. Many fans commented on his wavy, long hairstyle and said, “It reminds me of seaweed,” thus giving birth to the nickname ‘Seaweed monster’. When he returned to a more neat and short hairstyle, it became such a hot topic that the words ‘Park Yoochun’s haircut’ became one of the most searched phrases on a popular portal site.

Kim Jaejoong = Troll. I spat my orange juice out reading this.
(Jaejoong, 5:27pm KST) This is bad.. The situation has gotten bigger than I expected….
(Jaejoong, 5:29pm KST) The situation is just getting bigger and bigger .. hahttp://yfrog.com/gzd5nopj

(T/N: ‘일’ in Korean can mean ‘work’, ‘the situation’ or ‘one’. The phrase ‘일이 점점 커져간다’ is a phrase we us in Korean to say that the situation has gotten bigger than expected but Jaejoong is pretending to interpret the sentence literally and showing a ’1′ getting bigger and bigger. Jaejoong’s using wordplay to make a joke XD)

JYJ continued their successful Asia tour of the “JYJ World Tour Concert in 2011” at the Taipei Arena on the 23rd.

The arena was filled with over 10,000 fans and they sang along to the new songs that JYJ had prepared for the concert – showing their passion for their idols.

Having JYJ self-composed songs as the main attraction, they sang “Empty”, “Be my girl”, “Be the one.” They also sang songs from their music essay “Their Rooms” – “Mission”, “Fallen Leaves” and “I.D.S.” New songs that were especially prepared for the world concert, such as “In Heaven” and “get out” were sung. In total, the concert track list contained about 20 songs.

The stage and all the special effects were once again directed and arranged by Kim Jaejoong, which meant that the cross-styled stage used in Thailand was also in the Taiwan concert. This allowed more interaction with the fans and Jaejoong added subtitles for Taiwanese fans to overcome the language barrier. Fans shouted, “JYJ A New Beginning!” during their encore of “In Heaven” to show their gratitude for the 120 minutes of wonderful entertainment.

Taiwanese media gave copious amount of coverage on JYJ’s concert in Taiwan. They heavily focused on Jaejoong’s role in stage direction and was intrigued by Jaejoong’s idea of a “creative challenge.” In response to this, famous Taiwanese star, Kris Shen, tweeted his views of JYJ’s concert after their performance and claimed that they were his idols.

After finishing the Taiwan stop of their tour, JYJ states, “It was the happiest two hours that we’ve spent with our dearly missed Taiwanese fans. We were touched that they were able to sing along with our new songs. We felt that we were able to reach a new level of completion through this concert. We’re happy and hope that everyone will look forward to our future performances.”

JYJ left Taiwan on the afternoon of the 24th – with hundreds of fans waiting for them in departure hall of the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

JYJ will start the North American leg of their world tour with Vancouver as their stop on May 20th, New Jersey on 22nd, LA on 27th and ending at San Jose on June 3rd.